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Thread #47684   Message #712937
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
18-May-02 - 01:02 PM
Thread Name: False Virus Warnings - New one in UK...
Subject: RE: False Virus Warnings - New one in UK...
That klez worm and it's variants is a nasty little sucker. It tries to disable your antivirus software (so if you disabled it yourself to download and install someting, be sure to engage it again immediately) and it has a variety of "random" wording it uses to blend in with regular email more easily. I was peppered with this stuff, a lot of it apparently from a Canadian address. My Norton antivirus quarantined the one that got through (I send spam text to the Earthlink "Spaminator" and the first piece I received looked like spam). But like McGrath, I wasn't infected by the virus and didn't spread it. I had the misfortune to be in the address book of some computer that did get it, and was named as the "sender" of the posts. I've received a lot of error messages, so it was sent widely, including to technical places with automated reply messages.

Always search out a reliable primary source of virus and/or hoax information before acting on forwarded warnings from friends.

SRS